Getting Blank Report if using XSL sub-template in RTF file

Hi,
We have requirement that for printing page-break and header-footer info we need to call xsl template in exisiting RTF template
Verified that if we include call to xsl template then blank report is generating through jdev
but if we remove call to include xsl template then report is generating successfully
Please help on this issue

Put this as the first line in rtf
The 'import' element children must precede all other element children of an 'stylesheet' element.

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